Shoe-lining.



PETER LAG-ODIIVIOS, OF SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS.

SHOE-LINING.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, PETER LAGODIMOS, acitizen of the United States, residing at Salem, in the county of Essex,in the State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Shoe-Linings, of which the following is a specification.

The immediate object of this invention is to provide inexpensive, buteffective, means for preventing the sticking of shoe linings to lasts atthe toe of the last on which the box is molded.

In the operation of lasting shoes, as now commonly practised, the toeportion ofthe last is greased with Vaseline in order that the lining maythe more readily conform to thetoe portion of the last but it is wellknown in the art of shoe making that vaseline becomes gummy, andespecially so when chilled, and then causes the lining to stick to thelast with such tenacity that, when the last is drawn out of the shoe,the boxtoe portion of the lining is very often broken down. The liningbecomes soft and flabby by reason of its absorbing more or less of theVaseline and is also sufiiciently greasy to smut the stockings of thewearer of the shoe.

In order to overcome these objectionable results, I have produced mypresent im- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. ML, 1915.

Application filed November 20, 1914. Serial No. 873,231.

provement which consists, in brief, of treating the shoe lining with wax(preferably parafiin Wax) before the lining is placed upon the last. Inpractice, I prefer to assemble the upper and the lining, and then spreadthe parafiin, in a Warm state, upon the lining, particularly at the toeportion of said lining. The lining and upper are then positioned on thelast, and conformed to said last; the parafiin, as it cools and sets,being sufficiently stilf to retain the box-like form of the toe portionof the lining after the last is removed from the shoe, and I find inpractice that the lining, when thus treated, is readily separated fromthe last, with absolutely no tendency to stick to the said last, andwith no tendency to smut even the whitest and finest stockings.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and wish to secure byLetters Patent An article of footwear comprising a lining having on itsinner surface, at the toe end under the box-toe, a layer of paraffinwax.

PETER LAGODIMOS.

Witnesses:

FRANK H. ALLEN, DOROTHY A. Gonnns.

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